Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Henry Wilson, (Vice-President of the United States, )

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...history not yet written--will alone do justice to the indefatigable endeavors and the broad and patriotic statesmanship of Henry Wilson, and to its judgment his name and fame may be safely committed. The personal character of Mr. Wilson was full of noble qualities, endearing him to his friends while living and making ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...history not yet written--will alone do justice to the indefatigable endeavors and the broad and patriotic statesmanship of Henry Wilson, and to its judgment his name and fame may be safely committed. The personal character of Mr. Wilson was full of noble qualities, endearing him to his friends while living and making his memory a constant delight. Kindness of heart seemed to mellow his whole nature. There was in him neither selfishness, nor envy, nor hate, and only generosity, charity, and good-will. He would empty his pockets and borrow of his neighbor to relieve suffering humanity stretching out its hands at the corners of the streets. He would toil and travel, day and night, without recompense or hope of reward, if thereby he could contribute to lift the humble and the lowly to manhood and its opportunities. With physical strength and mental vigor was spent for others his substance also, and when he died he left in all less than the value of one year's salary. Underneath all these gentle qualities there lived a personal courage which never quailed in the face of danger. When, under a dispensation now, thank God, forever passed away, his distinguished colleague, for words spoken in debate, fell upon the floor of the Senate Chamber beneath the bludgeon of one mad with the fury of the times, Mr. Wilson, though one of the youngest Senators in service, and yet hardly known to those among whom he stood, denounced in his place the assault as "brutal, murderous, and cowardly." And then, in answer to a challenge from the assailant himself, he had the greater courage to defy both him and the barbarous code behind which such men skulk, in words which will live as long as the history of those dark times and darker deeds shall be read of men. From that hour...
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